Billboard ads could prompt kids and teens to try Marijuana Image Cannabis News September 20, 2023 Witnesses cite research indicating the adverse effects of marijuana on young brains, want to stop billboard ads for pot. It’s not just legislators who are fed up with the Cannabis Control Commission’s lack ofContinue Reading
Oklahoma officials seize thousands of pounds of Marijuana Image Cannabis News September 20, 2023 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Shuts Down Five Illegal Grow Operations. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority announced Tuesday the agency along with law enforcement in Kay County recently shut down five marijuana businesses. This comes after theContinue Reading
A new congressional bill has been filed to prohibit federal intervention in jurisdictions that legalize psilocybin mushrooms. Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) are sponsoring the Validating Independence for State Initiatives on Organic Natural Substances (VISIONS) Act. The two-page legislation simply says that no federal funds can beContinue Reading
Mold Testing on Cannabis products suspended in Oregon Image Cannabis News September 20, 2023 The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has filed a temporary suspension on the testing of cannabis products for the mould Aspergillus. Earlier this year, Oregon introduced regulations that required all cannabis products to be tested for fourContinue Reading
GrowerIQ secures $1M from government to enhance its Cannabis-tracking system Image Cannabis News September 20, 2023 Canadian Cannabis Software Company GrowerIQ Receives $1M in Government Funding. Toronto-based GrowerIQ, which sells enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to cannabis producers, has been awarded over $1 million CAD by the Government of Canada,Continue Reading
Five marijuana businesses shut down in Oklahoma Image Cannabis News September 20, 2023 Oklahoma Authorities Close Five Medical Marijuana Businesses Following Inspections. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority partnered with the Kay County Sheriff’s Office and other local law enforcement to investigate 11 complaints of medical marijuana businesses in the PoncaContinue Reading
Square enters the Cannabis Industry Image Cannabis News September 20, 2023 Financial services platform Square has entered Canada’s cannabis market in partnership with online ordering platform service for cannabis dispensaries Jane Technologies. The partnership involves Jane enabling cannabis dispensaries to use Square to supplement their brick-and-mortar business with an CannabisContinue Reading
A key House committee has approved a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would prevent the denial of federal employment or security clearances based on a candidate’s past marijuana use. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee passed the Cannabis Users’ Restoration of Eligibility (CURE) Act—sponsored by Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), NancyContinue Reading
Top 5 NBA players suspended for Marijuana use Image Cannabis News September 20, 2023 There was once a time when the NBA frowned upon the use of marijuana by its players. The league’s previous anti-drug policy suspends a player for a minimum of five games if he tests positive forContinue Reading
“As with everything, we want to do what Massachusetts did and patch it up and make it better.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Current As the state’s newly-formed Cannabis Control Commission starts drafting regulations on Rhode Island’s budding recreational marijuana industry, a group of cannabis workers and advocates is alreadyContinue Reading
